Six-Armed Serpent Demon

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The Ivy Beatrice behind Zachaza is actually another "projection," while the real six-armed snake demon is behind Joko!

Her laughter rang in Joko's ears.

“I felt something was off from the moment I spoke,” Ivy Beat said from behind Joko. “Turns out you’re the rat that’s been messing with me the whole time.”

Both Zachaza's "Giant Transformation" and her two disappearances occurred while she was already under the influence of her "Anti-Magic Field".

There's only one reason: it wasn't magic at all, but psychic abilities!

From the beginning, the psychic Zokor displayed psychic abilities such as sensory linking, merging his mind with that of his superior.

The key to the Giant Transformation Ring is not the ring itself, but the power manifested by the psionic stone embedded in the ring.

Just as Ivy Beate charged toward Zachasa, a mind mage secretly granted Zachasa the power of "Time Jump," allowing him to evade "Fish Fry Eleven."

He then displayed his Level 6 psychic ability, "Time Acceleration," allowing Zachasa to quickly appear behind the six-armed serpent demon and launch an attack.

Ivy Beatrice, who almost got her back cut, immediately realized something was wrong.

She was quite impressed by this sudden appearance without any magical energy fluctuations, back when she faced the four-armed, yellow-scaled mind monk, Scarface, at the Beate family mansion in Fireport.

So she left behind one projection, instantly cast "Advanced Teleportation," and then released a second projection behind Zachasa, pretending to attack him.

The projections, both real and fake, completely confused Zachara and Joko's vision.

When her second projection appeared behind Zacharsa, Joko Widodo once again used his psychic ability "time jump" to save Zacharsa from danger.

Her true form, taking advantage of the moment when Joko had just finished manifesting his power, skewered him from behind like a meat skewer.

The six-armed snake demon exerted force with its four sword-wielding hands simultaneously, tearing Joko's body to pieces.

Ivy-Beate satisfiedly savored the soul energy that "Crimson Kiss" had just absorbed, and casually tossed the piece of corpse hanging on the tip of the sword into the sea beside her.

She smiled and raised "Mand of the Slayers" to meet the roaring charge of Zacharsa.

In the next instant, the silver-blue blade and the black sword with green runes fiercely clashed together.

Author's Note: Sorry, I fell asleep quite suddenly last night. I'll make up for the missed chapters tomorrow. Also, some readers might be wondering: Ivy Beate already has two extra hands, so why is she still called "Six-Armed Serpent Demon" instead of "Eight-Armed Serpent Demon"? This is because I considered one issue: "Six-Armed Serpent Demon" is the Chinese translation of the English "Marilith." The original translator referenced Marilith's six arms and serpentine body, hence the translation "Six-Armed Serpent Demon." So, even if Ivy Beate had five more hands, she would still be Marilith…

Chapter 165 Multi-Armed Grab

Amidst the clang of metal, "Mand the Slayer" held off the legendary Soul-Snatcher Sword, while the six-armed serpent demon with eight arms also withstood Zachasa's full-force charge.

The silver-blue and black blades clashed, producing a piercing ringing sound.

The swords trembled, neither giving way to the other.

For a time, the two sides were evenly matched.

Two faces, one exquisitely beautiful and the other grotesque, were right next to each other.

Suddenly, Zacharsa changed from holding the sword with one hand to holding it with both hands, and then shifted all his weight onto his opponent, forcefully pushing the blade towards him to disrupt his balance.

Ivy Beatrice swayed slightly, involuntarily leaning back, and instinctively raised her sword to fight back.

In the blink of an eye, taking advantage of the momentum of the contest between the two sides, Zachasa suddenly stepped back and raised his sword.

Ivy Beatrice was gripping the "Mand of the Spellbreaker" and increasing her strength to fight against the legendary Soul Reaper when suddenly the opponent's blade vanished. The silver-blue blade had been used too much force and rose half a foot higher before she could stop.

This fleeting opening was exactly what Zacharsa had fought for.

The dragon's eyes flashed with a fierce light as it opened its large mouth full of sharp teeth.

The next instant, the deafening roar made Ivy Beatrice feel as if the main gun of an Invincible Armada battleship was firing right next to her ear.

She shuddered, her ears ringing, and for a moment she couldn't hear anything; her whole body stiffened.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zacharsa thrust his sword straight at him!

The black sword, flashing with green runes, aimed straight for the throat of the six-armed serpent demon!

However, this sure-kill sword strike missed its mark.

Just as the Soul-Seizing Sword was about to pierce the pristine throat, a crimson, blood-red recurve blade appeared out of thin air and blocked the black sword.

The mocking emerald green eyes met the blood-red dragon eyes that were wide open and bulging.

—You're the one who got tricked.

He could tell from her eyes that she was saying this.

At the same time, the recurve blade spun along with the black sword's trajectory, twisting and pulling the legendary Soul Reaper off course and out of his hand. Immediately afterwards, Ivy-Beate's four weapons struck Zachasa simultaneously.

In that instant, Zacharsa raised his hand to protect his head, and the blade struck his upper body's arm and wrist armor.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.

However, Ivy Beatrice's mocking smile lingered on her lips: her weapon had failed to penetrate Zachasa's vital organs in the chest and abdomen!

—Damn it, what I want to see is rivers of blood!

Not only that, she was astonished to discover that not only the two exquisitely crafted greatswords imbued with faction attributes, but even the magical properties on "Crimson Kiss" and "Mandal the Slayer" had vanished, turning them into ordinary weapons. It was as if they had been suppressed by an "anti-magic field"!

But I clearly used "Iron Heart Power" to become immune to the suppression of "Anti-Magic Field".

Before she could think further, Zachara, blood gushing from his arms, grinned maliciously and ripped off his military uniform robe, revealing a dazzling magical glow beneath. It was a legendary enchanted bronze armor.

"I see."

Ivy Beatrice muttered to herself.

She recognized the legendary magical attribute "Negation" attached to the bronze armor: if the wearer is struck by a magical weapon, the armor immediately applies a "Higher Dispel Magic" to that weapon. Although "Higher Dispel Magic" does not completely remove the enchantment from the magical weapon, it can suppress it for nearly half a minute.

The red-scaled hand, covered in blood, shimmered with light.

The next moment, the legendary Soul-Grabbing Sword, sharper than any other, was teleported back into Zachasa's palm.

"I won after all."

The Dragon General raised his black sword high and laughed heartily. He gripped the sword with both hands and swung it down hard towards Ivy Beatrice's head, roaring, "Die!"

Zachasa firmly believed that with the legendary Soul-Snatching Sword's sharpness that could cleave four blades in one strike, cutting through the six-armed serpent demon's four swords, which had become ordinary weapons, would be as easy as cutting sugarcane!

However, before the sword was even halfway through its swing, Zachasa's eyes bulged and rolled upwards, and he was sent flying into the air.

Ivy Beatrice wielding eight swords and spears is incredibly deceptive.

So much so that when Zacharasa was risking his life to fight Ivy Beatrice with a sword, all his attention was drawn to the weapons wielded by her eight arms, and he forgot something very important:

Ivy Beatrice is a six-armed snake demon.

The six-armed serpent demon, in addition to its numerous arms, also has a thick and long tail.

While battling Zachasa, Ivy Beatrice also took the opportunity to adjust the giant serpent tail of her lower body.

As the battle reached its climax, she had already subtly extended her tail to Zachasa's feet, placing it precisely in the center between his feet.

As Zacharsa swung his sword with great confidence, Ivy-Beate's tail lashed upwards, striking the dragon between its legs with a powerful upward blow.

Before Zacharsa could even comprehend what was happening, the immense force had already sent him flying into the air.

Amidst the excruciating pain, Zachasa felt something ejected from his two nostrils.

Those appear to be two small balls.

The Dragon General crashed to his knees from the air, landing right in front of the six-armed serpent demon. His knees slammed against the rocky ground with a crisp cracking sound.

Zachasa was heartbroken and screamed in agony.

He endured the excruciating pain, trying to polish the ring and cast a teleportation spell to escape.

But before he could take any action, five large, white, jade-like hands reached out. One grabbed the dragon's neck, choking his scream and preventing him from breathing; the other four hands gripped his forearms and wrists, pulling his arms out to the sides.

Zachasa struggled, but he was having trouble breathing and was in excruciating pain in his lower body and knees, making him unable to muster any strength. Ivy Beatrice was already just as strong as him, and now he was using one hand on each side to fight against her two hands, so he couldn't overcome her overwhelming advantage in the number of arms.

As he suffocated, he felt the cold, sharp blades pierce his elbows and wrists, severing the ligaments.

Zacharsa's heart was colder than the enemy's blade: both of his arms had been crippled.

Even so, Ivy Beatrice still showed no sign of letting go.

Zachasa felt another hand easily pull the legendary Soul Grip from his now limp hand. The rings on his fingers were also stripped off one by one. In addition, his legendary enchanted bronze armor, the dimensional pouch at his waist, and other miscellaneous magical accessories were all stripped away completely.

The six-armed serpent demon collected all the spoils of war, then grabbed the helpless Zachasa by the neck and lifted him up.

Even though the enemy couldn't lift both arms, Ivy Beatrice was still worried.

Zacharsa felt the two hands that had been holding his arms move to his legs, and together with the other two hands, they severed the ligaments in his ankles.

The dragon screamed in agony, gritting its teeth, "Monster...monster..."

He then realized that the most terrifying thing about this multi-armed monster was not how many times it could swing its sword at the same time, but that once it grabbed him, it would be difficult to escape once it had multiple arms holding him.

Ivy Beate carried the prisoners, who resembled tattered sacks, in five hands, and held "Mand of the Spellbreaker" and "Crimson Kiss" in two. With her free hand, she swung the black sword, which shimmered with green runes, a few times with interest. The legendary Soul Reaper sliced ​​through the air, emitting a sharp cry.

The six-armed serpent demon casually stabbed the prisoner in the stomach, then looked at the bloodless blade and was extremely satisfied with his new weapon.

"I'm in a good mood, I won't kill you."

She told Zachasa, “I believe we have a lot in common to talk about, such as the master you serve and the capital of the Northern Federation, Haysconti… I hope you can keep me in a good mood.”

Chapter 166 The Bronze Dragon's Mission

Amiya Shaffer, the Bronze Dragon Paladin squad leader, stood on the deck of the warship, squinting her golden dragon eyes at the iron gray expanse of the sea and sky.

The sea breeze ruffled her short hair.

Six paladins stood behind her.

One of them was Amiya's new husband, Gulelian-Otukan, a promising young man from a collateral branch of the Otukan family. With the death of High Priestess Otukan's matriarch, the main branch of the Otukan family had no heir and had fallen into utter decline. The collateral branches sought refuge with other priestly families through marriage. Gulelian-Otukan was one of them. Unlike the main branch, his branch of the Otukan family was entirely human.

Among the six paladins is Juan Gilelso, Amiya's former fiancé who broke off their engagement. Due to personal reasons, the two parted ways amicably. Juan is no longer the young, naive paladin he once was. He now has a light mustache around his mouth, and his eyes always carry a heavy weight of worry.

The heavy footsteps of a colossal creature came from behind her, followed by a muffled, thunderous voice: "How far are we from Geog?"

Amiya Shaffer bowed to the visitors.

"Eight days of journey remain, Your Excellency Thunder Eater."

Two weeks ago, a dragon's corpse was found floating on the coast of the former Enser region, carried by ocean currents. Although the body was barely recognizable as human, it was quickly identified as Admiral Zachasa, the commander-in-chief of the Invincible Fleet. In the five months prior, scattered fragments of Northern Federation battleships washed ashore had been found along the coasts of both the north and south of the sea, and fishing boats and merchant ships from various locations frequently salvaged naval supplies drifting with the current.

In contrast, the news that the invincible fleet had been completely wiped out by a sea storm quickly spread to every corner of the coast.

Meanwhile, the capital of the Northern Federation, the stronghold of the Red Dragon Lord, the city of Haysconti nestled in the mountains, made no response.

After waiting for another half month, the situation on the sea changed drastically.

In the northern interior, with Mount Hesconti as the dividing line, the sons of the two Red Dragon Lords proclaimed themselves the new "Kings of Dragons," launching massive invasions of the surrounding areas while tacitly ignoring the silent Hesconti. Meanwhile, the coastal city-states that had previously been suppressed by the Zachasa fleet raised the banner of rebellion against the Red Dragons and elected several allied leaders, among whom the Silver Dragon Kyogurosya, who had repelled the Invincible Armada, was the most powerful. At the same time, the various pirate forces that had been defeated by the Invincible Armada on the high seas began to emerge again, like moss that had been urinated on in the corner.

The Bronze Dragon forces of the City of Flame were originally sitting peacefully in the south, watching the drama unfold, but they never expected that this drama would soon fall on their own heads.

The original alliance between the City of Flame, the Enser people, and the Southern Samarachi was based on jointly fighting against the powerful enemy in the north. Now that the Northern Federation has fallen apart and the two-headed evil dragon has disappeared, the atmosphere of the three-way alliance has suddenly become delicate.

In the city of Flamelands, it was discovered that the Enthers, united under the banner of the god-king Gilejin, and the Samaraki of the south, two kingdoms originally belonging to the world of Toril, were growing increasingly closer. They even bypassed the bronze dragons of Flamelands and established a public trading bay not far from the former Enther region further east of the continent of Shedan. They called it the "Foreigner Free Trade Zone," a joint autonomous region governed by representatives from both the Enthers and Samaraki. Behind them, the shadow of the Dawn Titans could be faintly seen.

The Bronze Dragons are more worried about their two allies joining forces and swallowing them up than about the Northern Federation.

With this in mind, the priests and elders of the Bronze Dragon Church appointed a rising divine warrior as an envoy to the coastal city-state of Kyogra, attempting to probe the mind of the silver dragon Kyograrosia and see if a cooperation could be reached to contain the outsiders from the world of Toril in the east.

After listening to Amiya's report, the Thunder Eater yawned lazily.

"very good."

The Thunder Devourer hadn't changed much. He was still the same, with a strong body a full size larger than a normal dragon, bare-chested, revealing layers of scars and messy bronze scales, several gems embedded in his forehead and brow bone. There was one change, though: the Thunder Devourer had originally been one-eyed, with the other eye socket missing, leaving only a bloody hole. Now, both eyes were properly restored in their sockets.

The Thunder Devourer stared at Amiya's exquisite figure, then licked it with its dragon tongue. "This trip carries great responsibility. As the commander and deputy commander, how about we discuss the details of the trip here?"

As the deputy envoy of the mission to Keogu, Paladin squad leader Amiya Shafrie gladly accepted the assignment.

The accompanying paladins then dispersed to clear the deck of the warship for the two envoys.

They were well-trained, and in less than ten seconds, the six paladins, including Gullérian Otucan and Juan Gielello, stood in a circle with their faces turned outwards.

Everyone was solemn, their hands on their swords, silent.

In the center of the circle, the chief envoy and the deputy envoy discussed this momentous mission earnestly and intensely. They shifted positions, drenched in sweat, and occasionally let out shouts of unbridled joy due to their tacit understanding.

Dragons are unrestrained.

Therefore, the followers of the Bronze Dragonflight, whether priests or paladins, have no rules regarding their private lives, and most of them have more than one lover.

There were reasons why Juan Gielello and Amiya Chavere broke off their engagement.

Even though the two were no longer related, Juan Gielello still secretly glanced at Guillermo del Toro, who was standing straight beside him.

This happens almost every day.

At this moment, Juan looked at Amiya's new husband, who remained calm and as serious and vigilant as ever, and a feeling of admiration welled up in his heart.